How is the opening of SEPTA’s new Wawa Regional Rail station being celebrated? With a “hoagie” coach, of class.
SEPTA and Wawa leadership collected Thursday to minimize the ribbon on the just lately completed Wawa Station – the new final prevent of the recently-named Media/Wawa Regional Rail Line. The occasion highlighted Wawa breakfast and historical past.
“Immediately following the ribbon-cutting ceremony, a ‘hoagie-wrapped’ teach will acquire an inaugural trip from Wawa to Elwyn,” SEPTA said in a information release in advance of the party.
That teach did not seem like a huge Shorti, but rather was coated in adverts for the new line and Wawa.
So how did two of southeastern Pennsylvania’s greatest brands arrive together on this naming offer?
The new “Wawa Station” is remaining added to the end of the existing Media/Elwyn Line which beforehand terminated in Elwyn, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The new station – the 1st extension of a SEPTA Regional Rail line due to the fact 1985 — will formally open up to passengers on Sunday, Aug. 21. It is situated about 3.5 miles west of the Elwyn station end.
Wawa is spending $5.4 million to have the station name for the next 10 decades, a SEPTA spokesperson told PBJ.com last thirty day period.
The new station has been below renovations due to the fact 2018. The station constructing is ADA-obtainable and involves a 600-space parking large amount. SEPTA bus routes 111 and 114 will join at the station.
SEPTA explained it will offer you early-morning, late-night and categorical provider at the Wawa Station. SEPTA hasn’t served the region considering the fact that 1986.
“Restoring company to Wawa has lengthy been portion of SEPTA’s support designs,” SEPTA Board Chairman Pasquale T. Deon Sr. claimed Thursday. “We are grateful to Wawa for their partnership and for supporting our vision for service to this vibrant section of Delaware County.”
This is the fifth naming legal rights for a station offered by SEPTA in the very last 10 years. The 1st was AT&T Station at the Sports activities Complicated terminus of the Wide Avenue line. Due to the fact then, that station has been renamed for NRG Electricity even though the previous Sector East station in Heart Metropolis is now Jefferson Station and the former College City Regional Rail station in West Philadelphia is now the Penn Medicine Station.
The new Wawa Station at 1490 W. Baltimore Pike is across from a recognizable Wawa Dairy facility that has been a large component of the convenience shop chain’s regional ties for a century.
“We are proud to lover with our good friends at SEPTA on the return of the line located just throughout from the identical Wawa Dairy that has ongoing to bottle and distribute trustworthy top quality solutions for more than 100 yrs and counting,” Wawa President and CEO Chris Gheysens claimed. “The new Wawa Station capabilities factors that link the rail and the bordering location to our abundant historical past, as perfectly as some enjoyable, brand factors that will greet commuters coming into and exiting the station. We appear forward to web hosting a Group Working day on August 22 to rejoice commuters and commemorate the initial trains to once once more depart from the Wawa station!”
